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WINDOW SHADE ATTACHMENT. No. 313,041. Patented Mar. 3, 1885.

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WINDOW-SHADE ATTACHMENT.

EEECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,04:1, dated March 3, 1885.

Application filed July 11, 1884.

Y0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NELsoN F. Aonns, a citizen of the United States of North America, and a resident of lola, county of Allen, State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in W'indow Shade Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide means by which a window-shade may be bodily lowered from the top of a window, as well as be itself rolled up and unrolled and eX- tended in the ordinary manner, whereby in a room better ventilation and light may be secured from a window, and at the same time seclusion from public gaze.

The invention consists of a strip of wood, on which the shade is mounted, adapted to be lowered and raised by means of a cord, and of guide-rods fixed on the window-frame and operating to prevent lateral or forward move ment of the wooden strip and shade.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of the specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved device in place at awindow. Fig. 2 is afront elevation of the same with windowshade attached.

In the drawings, A represents a strip of thin board having in its face near each end a vertical groove, 0, and outside of these grooves suitable bearings, b, are secured on the face of the strip A, to hold the ends of the window-shade roller.

A screw eye or. ring, 0, is secured in' the upper edge on the strip A, about midway of its length, and a cord, B, is attached to the screw eye, and is passed up over a pulley or sheave, d, secured to the windowframe 0 directly above the screw-eye c, and thence over a pulley or sheave, f, secured in a corner of the window-frame in a horizontal line with the pulley d, and then is allowed to hang down alongside the windowframe, as shown. 7

Vertical guide-rods D are secured by screweyes g, or other suitable devices, to the faces of the window-frame sides, as shown, so that (No model.)

they engage in the grooves a a of the strip A and prevent endwise or forward swinging of the latter.

To the window-shade attachment, as shown in Fig. 1, I attach an ordinary window-shade, E, preferably a roller shade, as shown in Fig. 2, by inserting the shade-roller ends in the bearings b. Then by pulling down on the cord B at a side of the window-frame the strip A is bodily raised, together with the window-shade, and on slackening said cord B the shade E is lowered from the top of the window, as indicated in Fig. 2, so that both air and light can be freely admitted through the upper part of the window when thelower part is screened by the shade. The shade E may be held rolled up at the middle of the window, and be thereby protected from the action of the wind when the window is open at both top and bottom, the shade itself being adapted to be rolled and unrolled in the usual manner.

A cordlool, F, as shown in the drawings, may be fixed on the window-frame to hold the cord'B at any point.

I am aware that curtains have been made with bottom strips having guide-eyes, through which stay-cords pass, and also made with strips, the ends of which extend into guiding grooves in the sides of the windowframe, and also have been made with sliding frames provided with guide-eyes; hencel do not broadly claim any of these especial features; but,

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. The combination, with a window-shade, as E, of awooden strip, as A, carrying a shade roller and bearings, and having vertical facegrooves, as a, for the reception of guide-rods, as set forth.

2. The combination, with a window-frame, as O, of vertical guide-rods, as D, secured thereto, window-shade supporting strip, as A, provided with vertical face-grooves, as a, for engaging the guide-rods, roller-shade, and bearings E b, respectively, and cord B, all arranged as set forth.

3. In a window shade attachment of the character substantially as herein shown and described, a shade-supporting strip, as A, provided with vertical face-grooves, as a, and adapted to be raised and lowered, as set 5 forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myinvention I have signed my name, in presenoe of two witnesses, this 9th day of May, 1884.

NELSON F. AOERS.

WVitnesses:

T. Z. STRIOKLAND, HARRY BRAZIER. 

